Archive 2013 NCAA Tournament Thread

Ironman92

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Mar 23, 2013 5:42pm

sleeper;1412443 wrote:Honestly the loss by Gtown was worse than the loss by Duke. At least Lehigh is a real school that had good talent that year; Florida Gulf Coast sounds like a community college.

This is the nicest thing you've ever said. You are slipping.

sleeper

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Mar 23, 2013 5:48pm

Ironman92;1412507 wrote:This is the nicest thing you've ever said. You are slipping.

I try to be nice to Duke fans. After all, they aren't getting past MSU this year much less winning anything. Plus, I feel bad for them after getting blown out by football school Miami and dropping against NIT 6 seed Maryland TWICE. They've won literally nothing this year, missed on both the ACC regular season championship and the tournament championship even with Ryan Kelly with an 18-1(soon to be 18-2) record. I'd feel bad for the school in general since their football team is garbage, but since the entire Duke fan base is nothing but bandwagon fans anyway, they will root for an SEC/Ohio State in the fall.

jordo212000

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Mar 23, 2013 5:48pm

These games suck. Wish we had an alternative

sleeper

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Mar 23, 2013 5:49pm

Louisville is going to get railed in their next game. This press will backfire once they play a school with a ball handler.

Mulva

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Mar 23, 2013 5:52pm

jordo212000;1412509 wrote:These games suck. Wish we had an alternative

Where are you located that you're being NCAA tournament raped?

Classyposter58

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Mar 23, 2013 5:52pm

wildcats20;1412484 wrote:lol from everything I've seen on twitter, this is MORE than a home game for Louisville, as far as crowd goes.

Can't be as bad as the games at Auburn Hills. The arena was actually deafening at times for UM and MSU

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vball10set

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Mar 23, 2013 5:54pm

sleeper;1412407 wrote:Michigan looking like a championship team. That was a dismantling of VCU, a team that blew a MAC team out in first round.

Fixed for perspective. Can't wait to see them play either UNC or Kansas, as it could be one of the best games of the tourney. B1G represent.

reclegend22

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Mar 23, 2013 5:56pm

Whoever scheduled the first three games of the day is an idiot. All three of these games that have been played so far today should have been scheduled as close to midnight as possible. Worst matchups on paper of the entire day. And now we are forced to watch all of the prime matchups at once. SMH.

reclegend22

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Mar 23, 2013 6:06pm

"He's gotta play for the Cats, because his name's Lyons, isn't it"

Doug Gottlieb the early favorite for an ESPY this summer.

Mulva

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Mar 23, 2013 6:06pm

reclegend22;1412518 wrote:Whoever scheduled the first three games of the day is an idiot. All three of these games that have been played so far today should have been scheduled as close to midnight as possible. Worst matchups on paper of the entire day. And now we are forced to watch all of the prime matchups at once. SMH.

Michigan - VCU was the best game of the day on paper without question.

Midstate01

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Mar 23, 2013 6:13pm

Harvard looks like a bad HS team today

reclegend22

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Mar 23, 2013 6:15pm

Mulva;1412522 wrote:Michigan - VCU was the best game of the day on paper without question.

Disagree. Butler-Marquette will be a great matchup, and is a rematch that was decided on a buzzer beater earlier this year. Should have been a stand alone game. That game would draw just as much national viewing as a game that features Virginia Commonwealth would. Butler is a national team at this point and are always involved in dramatic endings in March.

While I picked VCU, I'm not surprised at all that they got blasted. Not a Shaka Smart fan. He is a self-marketer and he's not nearly as big a deal as he thinks he is.

Ironman92

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Mar 23, 2013 6:17pm

sleeper;1412508 wrote:I try to be nice to Duke fans. After all, they aren't getting past MSU this year much less winning anything. Plus, I feel bad for them after getting blown out by football school Miami and dropping against NIT 6 seed Maryland TWICE. They've won literally nothing this year, missed on both the ACC regular season championship and the tournament championship even with Ryan Kelly with an 18-1(soon to be 18-2) record. I'd feel bad for the school in general since their football team is garbage, but since the entire Duke fan base is nothing but bandwagon fans anyway, they will root for an SEC/Ohio State in the fall.

They defeated "THE"....you didn't mention that. I think you're using too much energy on the woes of the Ravens. I'm starting to feel as if you are sitting at home in your Duke hoodie wishing ND would've won.

Laley23

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Mar 23, 2013 6:17pm

I will point out the B1G beasting out. But I will not actively root for those other teams (except MSU, cause I like Izzo) unless I picked them or think their win helps IU etc. SEC seems to actively want the other teams to win and promotes that fact. I simply point out that the Big 10 probably has 4 of the top 8 teams left in the tournament.

No way in hell am I pulling for Purdue, Wisconsin (was sooooo glad Ole Miss won), etc unless it benefits my team.

sleeper

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Mar 23, 2013 6:18pm

I can't wait for Oregon St.Louis. Another A-10 team getting pounded in the ass.

sleeper

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Mar 23, 2013 6:20pm

Ironman92;1412525 wrote:They defeated "THE"....you didn't mention that. I think you're using too much energy on the woes of the Ravens. I'm starting to feel as if you are sitting at home in your Duke hoodie wishing ND would've won.

Yeah because the team in March is the same as the team in September. Ohio State would beat Duke so bad this year that coach K would have to pay the refs more money at halftime to get even more calls. That is Duke basketball; whining coach and a bunch of white guys getting all the calls. :thumbup:

jordo212000

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Mar 23, 2013 6:21pm

Mulva;1412513 wrote:Where are you located that you're being NCAA tournament raped?

Only 1 game going at a time until the Harvard-Arizona game started. It's not very good either

jordo212000

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Mar 23, 2013 6:23pm

Mulva;1412522 wrote:Michigan - VCU was the best game of the day on paper without question.

Agreed. I was pretty happy when I saw that this was the first game today. And then Michigan just ran them out of the gym

SportsAndLady

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Mar 23, 2013 6:23pm

sleeper;1412527 wrote:I can't wait for Oregon St.Louis. Another A-10 team getting pounded in the ass.

Oregon +4. EZ

Mulva

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Mar 23, 2013 6:25pm

reclegend22;1412524 wrote:Disagree. Butler-Marquette will be a great matchup, and is a rematch that was decided on a buzzer beater earlier this year. Should have been a stand alone game. That game would draw just as much national viewing as a game that features Virginia Commonwealth would. Butler is a national team at this point and are always involved in dramatic endings in March.

While I picked VCU, I'm not surprised at all that they got blasted. Not a Shaka Smart fan. He is a self-marketer and he's not nearly as big a deal as he thinks he is.

Will probably be a good game, but that match up is boring as fuck.

Laley23

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Mar 23, 2013 6:27pm

This is setting up terribley for IU. I really hope UofM losses lol.

I have had a bad feeling for over a month now that IU would have to play UofM and then MSU in the FF and Final if they made it there. No way they beat both those teams 3 times in a single season. After 3 days and 2 games for those teams, its playing out exactly as I envisioned it...fuck.

I now need to strongly cheer for Louisville, Ohio St, Kansas and Florida lol

reclegend22

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Mar 23, 2013 6:28pm

SportsAndLady;1412486 wrote:Jamie Dixon signed on through the 2022 season...wtf?

Rec agrees with that decision

Lol that is like giving Frank Haith tenure. What the fuck goes on in the minds of some of these schools. If JTIII isn't on Monster.com by Monday then Georgetown should have to forfeit their 1984 championship hardware.

sleeper

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Mar 23, 2013 6:30pm

SportsAndLady;1412533 wrote:Oregon +4. EZ

Is that seriously the spread? Wow. EZ.

sleeper

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Mar 23, 2013 6:31pm

Laley23;1412538 wrote:This is setting up terribley for IU. I really hope UofM losses lol.

I have had a bad feeling for over a month now that IU would have to play UofM and then MSU in the FF and Final if they made it there. No way they beat both those teams 3 times in a single season. After 3 days and 2 games for those teams, its playing out exactly as I envisioned it...fuck.

I now need to strongly cheer for Louisville, Ohio St, Kansas and Florida lol

Indiana will be fine. Wisconsin was eliminated. :laugh:

Laley23

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Mar 23, 2013 6:47pm

sleeper;1412542 wrote:Indiana will be fine. Wisconsin was eliminated. :laugh:

Lol. I was so glad they were on the opposite end of the bracket.

But I doubt Indiana can beat Michigan or Michigan St. 3 times in 1 year. The way OSU is playing, and likely to the Final Four, I am now glad they beat IU. Something about playing a team that 3rd time never goes well when you are 2-0.